Friday, October 26, 2007

I bought this beautiful candy jar at Marshalls. It was only $14.99! I put some lemons in it for now because I didn't have any candy. I plan to group it together with some other jars I have and fill them with different Christmas candies during the holidays. I got this idea from Debbie (remember Debbie....who sent me the beautiful lined basket and heart awhile ago.) Debbie sent me pictures of her beautiful jars filled with candy. I'll post her pictures tomorrow. Once you see them you will be out buying candy jars too! Thank you for the great idea Debbie!

Updated to add: Since 3 people asked how I get the blurred edges around my photos I thought I would put this information here. I use Adobe Photoshop. If you have Adobe Photoshop follow these instructions....I use the elliptical marquee tool to make an oval around the photograph, then I go up to "filter" then choose "blur" then select "lens blur" and make sure you click the "invert" box so the outside is blurred and not the center. That's all there is to it. If you don't have Photoshop and you don't want to pay to get it (it's expensive), I think there are some free photo software packages on the internet. I don't know what they are but I'm sure someone who reads my blog can leave a comment and let everyone else know.

34 comments:

This is so pretty! My sister and Mom rave about Marshalls but I have never been there! Looks like a good place to find treasures! How do you get your pictures fuzzy on the edges? Is it software on your computer? I love the effect.

I like your new candy jar. I remember your Lemon Jar with the ribbon...I have a little candy jar that I added the ribbon to, after seeing how sweet your's looked. I find myself adding ribbon to more and more things around my house. It's great that we can all get ideas from ea other....bj

Looks sweet! I like it filled with lemons. There are so many options for a beautiful jar like that. I have a fall centerpiece made up of those jars filled with pumpkins orange gummies and candy corn. I did a post on it a while back. I always pick the jars up at Estate Sales really cheap. Be sure to check out Michaels sometime for those apothecary jars, too. You can use your 40% coupon and they are taking Joanne coupons these days, as well. Fun!!!

Hi Cindy, I found your blog....ummm...now I can't remember where I wandered over from...doesn't matter though. I loved reading your blog and I definitely need to find me some of those jars. Come see me ~ Lynn

Hi Cindy, It's me again. I love my website and finding stuff for it. I went back and read some more of your blog. Yep...the little cherub's the same and I love him. I have a few more cherubs I haven't put on the website yet. We have great taste don't we? LOL...May I add your blog to my blog list?

Thankyou for sharing your special effects, I wondered the same too, but I have been trying to download Photoshop for a while, but it wont fit on my computer,my teenagers have overloaded it with music!Love the jar, always love to read your blogs, I check everyday, so keep it up!Sue @ Junk-it!

Hi Cindy,I love to come here and be inspired by all your unique ideas! I do have a photo editing tip also. www.picnik.com is a free website where you can do basic editing (like soft edges). You can pay a fee to upgrade but the basic editing is free!

What a great jar and it will look fantastic grouped with your others and filled with candies. I had to tell you - I just repainted my china hutch white and while it was a lot of work, it came out great! I kept thinking of your redos and how the efforts would pay off. Thank you so much for all of your creativity and inspiring ideas.

Very Pretty Cindy!All these items were so much more expensive before we all got to shop at Marshall's and Home Goods for them. Right now I have gourds in one of mine for Halloween/Autumn. They look great so many things in them. Donna